College Subject Distribution
This is the template distribution used by ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ for its collegiate Sectional Championship Tournaments (both Division I and Division II).
The Collegiate Novice Series and Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT) use the same category weights, but with different numbers of packets.
| Category Name | Weights |
Per Set
(16 Packets) Tossup / Bonus | Per Packet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature | 44 | 71 / 70 | 4.4 / 4.4 |
| American Literature | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| British Literature | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| European Literature | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| World Literature | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| Religious Literature | 10 | 5 / 4 | 0.3 / 0.2 |
| Judeo Christian Literature | 5 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Non Judeo Christian Literature | 5 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Literature | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Science | 44 | 72 / 69 | 4.5 / 4.3 |
| Biology | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| Anatomy Medicine Biology | 10 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Cell Molecular Biology | 10 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Organismal Population Biology | 10 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Any Biology | 4 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Chemistry | 34 | 16 / 16 | 1.0 / 1.0 |
| Organic Chemistry | 10 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Thermodynamics | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Quantum Mechanics | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Physical Chemistry | 3 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Analytical Chemistry | 4 | 1 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Biochemistry | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Chemistry | 5 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Physics | 34 | 17 / 15 | 1.1 / 0.9 |
| Electromagnetism | 5 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Quantum Physics | 5 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Classical Mechanics | 3 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Continuum Mech Plasma Physics | 3 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Particle Physics | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Condensed Matter SolidState | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Optics | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Atomic Nuclear Physics | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Relativity | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Physics | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Math | 17 | 8 / 8 | 0.5 / 0.5 |
| Analysis | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Algebra | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Applied Statistical Math | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Math | 9 | 4 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Astronomy | 9 | 4 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Computer Science | 8 | 4 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Earth Science | 7 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Other Science | 7 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Fine Arts | 29 | 47 / 46 | 2.9 / 2.9 |
| Visual | 43 | 21 / 21 | 1.3 / 1.3 |
| Painting | 23 | 11 / 12 | 0.7 / 0.8 |
| Architecture | 7 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Sculpture | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Other | 7 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Music | 43 | 21 / 20 | 1.3 / 1.2 |
| Composers Works | 23 | 11 / 11 | 0.7 / 0.7 |
| Opera | 8 | 4 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Jazz | 6 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Instruments Theory ClassicalPerformers | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Music | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Performance | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Dance | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Theater | 1 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Any Performance | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Any Fine Arts | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| History | 44 | 72 / 69 | 4.5 / 4.3 |
| American History | 58 | 22 / 20 | 1.4 / 1.2 |
| American Military History | 35 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| American Govt History | 80 | 9 / 8 | 0.6 / 0.5 |
| American Social History | 65 | 7 / 6 | 0.4 / 0.4 |
| American History | 20 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| European History | 53 | 19 / 19 | 1.2 / 1.2 |
| British History | 10 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| French History | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Russian History | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Germanic History | 6 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Eastern Mediterranean History | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Nordic Baltic History | 2 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Iberian History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Central Eastern Europe History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Benelux History | 1 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Any Europe History | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| World History | 53 | 20 / 19 | 1.2 / 1.2 |
| Asian History | 20 | 11 / 10 | 0.7 / 0.6 |
| China Taiwan Mongolia History | 4 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Japan History | 2 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Indian Subcontinent History | 4 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Middle East History | 4 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Korea History | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Southeast Asia History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Central Asia History | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Caucasus History | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Any Asia History | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| African History | 7 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| North Africa History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa History | 5 | 2 / 3 | 0.1 / 0.2 |
| South American History | 4 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| North American History Non-US | 7 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Mexico History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Canada History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Central America History | 1 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Caribbean History | 1 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Any Other North America History | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Ancient History | 16 | 6 / 6 | 0.4 / 0.4 |
| Ancient Greece History | 3 | 1 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Ancient Rome History | 3 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Ancient Egypt Near-East History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Ancient Asia History | 1 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Ancient Americas History | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Ancient History Non-Classical | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Religious History | 8 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Any History | 8 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Geography | 12 | 19 / 19 | 1.2 / 1.2 |
| North American Geography | 25 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| World Geography | 75 | 14 / 14 | 0.9 / 0.9 |
| European Geography | 25 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Asian Geography | 30 | 4 / 5 | 0.2 / 0.3 |
| African Geography | 20 | 2 / 3 | 0.1 / 0.2 |
| South American Geography | 10 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any World Geography | 15 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Mythology | 8 | 13 / 13 | 0.8 / 0.8 |
| Classical Myth | 4 | 7 / 6 | 0.4 / 0.4 |
| Scandinavian Myth | 1 | 1 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Non European Myth | 1 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Nonclassical Myth | 1 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Myth | 1 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture Sports | 16 | 26 / 26 | 1.6 / 1.6 |
| Sports | 25 | 7 / 6 | 0.4 / 0.4 |
| Major Sport | 12 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Baseball | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Modern | 10 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Any Time | 10 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Football | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Modern | 10 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Any Time | 10 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Basketball | 2 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Modern | 10 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Any Time | 10 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Minor Sport | 5 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Modern | 2 | 1 / 0 | 0.1 / 0.0 |
| Any Time | 3 | 0 / 1 | 0.0 / 0.1 |
| Any Sports | 8 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Modern | 1 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Any Time | 1 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture | 75 | 19 / 20 | 1.2 / 1.2 |
| TV | 9 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Pop Culture TV Modern | 1 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture TV Any Time | 1 | 1 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Music | 15 | 4 / 5 | 0.2 / 0.3 |
| Pop Culture Music Modern | 1 | 2 / 3 | 0.1 / 0.2 |
| Pop Culture Music Any Time | 1 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Film | 18 | 6 / 5 | 0.4 / 0.3 |
| Pop Culture Film Modern | 1 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture Film Any Time | 2 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Video Games | 11 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Musicals | 5 | 1 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Comics | 3 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Other | 6 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture Other Modern | 4 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Pop Culture Other Any Time | 4 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Social Science | 11 | 18 / 18 | 1.1 / 1.1 |
| Anthropology Sociology | 24 | 5 / 5 | 0.3 / 0.3 |
| Archaeology | 8 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Biological Anthropology | 2 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Economics | 16 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Linguistics | 8 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Government | 8 | 2 / 2 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| Jurisprudence | 4 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Psychology | 16 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Any Social Science | 4 | 0 / 0 | 0.0 / 0.0 |
| Theo Phil | 9 | 14 / 14 | 0.9 / 0.9 |
| Theology | 25 | 4 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Philosophy | 75 | 10 / 11 | 0.6 / 0.7 |
| Pre 1800 | 30 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Post 1800 | 30 | 3 / 3 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Any Time | 40 | 4 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Current Events | 10 | 16 / 15 | 1.0 / 0.9 |
| Business | 5 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| US Current Events | 50 | 8 / 7 | 0.5 / 0.4 |
| Political | 36 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Social | 22 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| US Current Events | 20 | 2 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| World Current Events | 50 | 7 / 7 | 0.4 / 0.4 |
| Political | 40 | 3 / 4 | 0.2 / 0.2 |
| Social | 15 | 1 / 1 | 0.1 / 0.1 |
| World Current Events | 35 | 3 / 2 | 0.2 / 0.1 |
| Miscellaneous | 10 / 16 | 16 / 25 | 1.0 / 1.6 |
| Mixed | 18 / 35 | 14 / 22 | 0.9 / 1.4 |
| Pure Academic | 11 / 22 | 9 / 14 | 0.6 / 0.9 |
| Impure Academic | 7 / 13 | 5 / 8 | 0.3 / 0.5 |
| Mixed or General Knowledge | 4 | 2 / 3 | 0.1 / 0.2 |
The Weights column gives the numeric weights associated with each category; these are relative to the weights of sibling categories. If, for example, a category had two children, one with weight 2 and the other with weight 3, then the first would receive 40% of questions (2 / (2+3)) and the second would receive 60%. If two weights are specified, then tossups and bonuses are treated differently.
The Per Set column shows the total number of tossups and bonuses in that category for the entire set.
The Per Packet column shows the per-set numbers divided by the number of packets in the set. The total number of tossups in this category in a single packet will be this number either rounded up or down; the bonuses follow a similar constraint. In addition, a single set will never have a packet in which both of those numbers are rounded up and another in which both of those numbers are rounded down.
Question sets may differ slightly in that in each category (not only the innermost categories), at most one question may be shifted from tossup to bonus (or vice versa). For example, if a category is listed as 0/1 here, it does not mean that every question set will have a bonus and no set will have a tossup; there is an equal chance that the one question would be a tossup or a bonus.